Re: [SOLVED] Samba 4

Re: [SOLVED] Samba 4

I compiled the Samba 4.0.0 source code. Needed to tweak the python3/python2 environment since Samba wants python2. Samba-tool gives me errors on some command options, which I attribute to probably a misconfigured install.

Eagerly awaiting the Arch package, which for sure will work much more seamlessly than almost anyone could ever attempt with an independent compile. I want to get rid of our Windows Server 2012 evaluation edition (a generous 180-day trial though) test domain controller. Not really worth paying for it since I only need the authentication/authorization features and minor group policies.

Re: [SOLVED] Samba 4

Re: [SOLVED] Samba 4

I've tested samba 4 during RC by installing it via AUR on a test machine, and plan to use it as a primary domain controller for a small network. It worked pretty fine and better than I expected but i've decided to wait until it is stable and available in the extra repo. So I was just curious if there are already some information about a specific date or something. But I think its not a simple update because the maintainer has to check if migration from 3.x works flawlessly and so on, so it is perfectly ok if it will take some time.

Re: [SOLVED] Samba 4

Re: [SOLVED] Samba 4

silentsnake wrote:

Looks like it never will…

Note though, that release of samba4 does not mean deprecation of samba3 (whose latest version is 3.6.11 released on 21 Jan).

While I use samba only on a file server and can't confirm this, there seem to be some migration difficulties from samba 3.x to 4 for folks using active directory and domain controllers: http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO.

So I find it unlikely that samba4 will replace 3.6 in the repos unless 3.6 branch is declared obsolescent which will not happen anytime soon as 3.5 is still maintained.

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